<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Males of Aphelenchoides limberi are described and illustrated for the first time from mushroom plate cultures of Botrytis cinerea. The original parthenogenetic population was extracted from the soil of a hop garden in Senice na Hané, Czech Republic. The males are characterized by a stylet about 11 μm long, a prominent spicula, with the dorsal limb longer than the ventral limb, and a ventrally curved tip. The tail is arcuate, conoid, ending with a short, mostly ventrally bent hook-shaped mucro, the lateral field appears to have four lines under light microscopy.</p></abstract>

Males of Aphelenchoides limberi are described and illustrated for the first time from mushroom plate cultures of Botrytis cinerea. The original parthenogenetic population was extracted from the soil of a hop garden in Senice na Hané, Czech Republic. The males are characterized by a stylet about 11 μm long, a prominent spicula, with the dorsal limb longer than the ventral limb, and a ventrally curved tip. The tail is arcuate, conoid, ending with a short, mostly ventrally bent hook-shaped mucro, the lateral field appears to have four lines under light microscopy.

First description of the males of Aphelenchoides limberi Steiner, 1936 (Nematoda: Aphelenchina)

State Phytosanitary Administration, Division of Diagnostics, Šlechtitelů 773/23, 779 00, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Biology Centre, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Institute of Soil Biology, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, 161 06, Praha 6 - Ruzyně, Czech Republic

Helminthologia

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Males of Aphelenchoides limberi are described and illustrated for the first time from mushroom plate cultures of Botrytis cinerea. The original parthenogenetic...

First description of the males of Aphelenchoides limberi Steiner, 1936 (Nematoda: Aphelenchina)

Published Online: Aug 03, 2012

Page range: 181 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-012-0036-8

Keywords
nematode, parthenogenesis, amphimixis, morphology, males, fungal cultures

© 2012 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

First description of the males of Aphelenchoides limberi Steiner, 1936 (Nematoda: Aphelenchina)

Published Online: Aug 03, 2012

Page range: 181 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-012-0036-8

Keywordsnematode, parthenogenesis, amphimixis, morphology, males, fungal cultures

© 2012 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
nematode, parthenogenesis, amphimixis, morphology, males, fungal cultures